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India Emerges as the World’s 6th‑Largest Patent Filer

India Emerges as the World’s 6th‑Largest Patent Filer:

Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, announced that India has emerged as the world’s 6th‑largest patent filer, with over 64,000 patents filed, of which more than 55 per cent are by resident Indian innovators. He made this declaration while speaking at an annual tech‑fest in New Delhi, also pointing out India’s rise in the Global Innovation Index (GII) from 81st to 38th over recent years.